During Summer Game Fest 2023, something truly awkward became all too evident as the grueling hours of commercials continued: There were no women at the bachelor partye. At the time, Kotaku and others through frontman Geoff Keighley wondered why that happened, but had no answers. Since, Keighley has spoke to a Canadian radio station CBCto explain that there would have been a woman only that she was busy.
Finally, while CBC is much more excited that Canadians showed up for the event (and, as you know, one created and hosted it), the interview gets down to the minor point that only men take the stage during the two-hour show were allowed . Keighley’s answer is simple… it’s something.
Keighley said Melanie Liburd, the actress who will play new character Saga Anderson in the upcoming film Alan Wake IIwas supposed to appear but could not appear due to scheduling conflicts.
Well then, everyone resign. There was supposed to be a woman there, but she didn’t make it. So if you think about it, it’s kind of like gender parity. It’s just absolutely not, although it should be the right thing to do.
Geoff admits it could have been better because they always are? I’m not sure how else to interpret the quote.
I think overall we manage the diversity of our shows pretty well. That was a fair flag. We also want to be authentic to the games featured on the show and the developers making them. So yeah, I think we’re aware of that.
So a two hour show with multiple guests on stage that doesn’t represent 51% of the people on the planet Is authentic towards the presented games and the developers who develop them? Or not, and they’re aware of that, and they’re doing a pretty good job with the old variety, but… yeah, no, I don’t have anything.
I think the words Mr. Keighley was looking for were, ‘God, we Really shitty, right? That was embarrassing. I promise nothing like this will ever happen to me again.”
But the article had gone on Magic the Gathering and how good the event is for journalists because they can meet Phil Spencer.
A brief introduction for unfamiliar readers my city reaching for their saliva shield as they begin to comment, “When you see yourself on stage, you think what you see is okay, and anyone who complains about it is an idiot because you could clearly see that it was okay.” But most people on Earth are not you, do not look like you, and when they observe such events, they do not seem to be themselves, and that’s not okay.
